A 45-year-old man thought to be speeding died Wednesday morning when he struck a concrete pillar near a Highway 50 offramp in Sacramento.

The crash forced the closure of the westbound offramp around 6:30 a.m. near 26th Street and brought traffic to a crawl as commuters headed into downtown Sacramento and beyond.

The California Highway Patrol said the driver, who was not immediately identified, traveled off a southbound roadway near 26th Street and then up an embankment near the offramp before crashing into the pillar.

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